The most comprehensive source of information about Bris Milah on the Internet!
Click on any of the pages, find topics of interest through a search on the right or the Topical Index below... Best of luck to you in your research and with your baby

The bottom line is that - as I wrote in my article in the Jewish Week - nothing will change based on the outside. The change must come from within. Rabbis must teach their constituents that this practice is no longer acceptable, and they must insist and demand that the mohels stop performing it.

When the internal community pressure brings about a cessation of direct contact metzitzah, these stories will cease to occur.

We will also rid this horrible "chillul Hashem" from our midst (just see the way the obviously not-Jewish media paints the metzitzah ritual).

Thursday, January 8, 2015

I get
many phone inquiries months in advance of births. Sometimes the baby is a boy,
and sometimes the parents don’t know yet. (Obviously those who know they are
having girls don’t call!)

I am
always happy to discuss all matters in advance of the bris. But for ease of reference,
here is all the information you need (some of these links are at the top of the
page as well). Of course, any topic you'd like to research more can be found in the Topical Index.

If you want to consider procuring a numbing agent for the bris (most people don't), here is information about analgesics that might be helpful to you - speak with your pediatrician if you need a prescription.

Here
are the honors you need to think about and assign for the bris ceremony

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Update from 2016 - I am including links to the tools of the trade blog posts here - which will give you a great overview of all the things used at the bris, and how they are utilized.

Welcome to Mohel in South Florida

I am a mohel here to serve you, ready to tailor the ceremony to your particular needs. I will treat you with the dignity you, new parents, deserve; you are bringing your son into the mark of the Covenant - obvious to some, but not an easy decision for all.